[ecrea] CFP: Special Issue of the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema

Title: Japanese and Korean Film Franchising and Adaptation

Deadline October 15, 2013

Many popular Japanese and Korean films are inspired by other forms of 
media. Sometimes these films offer high profile cross-cultural 
adaptations, for example when Japanese manga is used to produce live 
action South Korean films, as in the case of Oldboy (Oldeuboi, Park Chan 
Wook, 2003). At other times, films are just one link in loosely 
connected chains of transnational, transmedia  networks, as with the now 
pan-Asian Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers, manga created by Yoko 
Kamio, 1992). Such films point towards the emerging importance of 
adaptation and franchising within Asian cinema. This special issue of 
the Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema examines the breadth of film 
adaptation and franchising cultures in Korea and Japan, investigating 
their histories, their production contexts and the ways they are 
understood by audiences.

Consequently, we are particularly interested in examples of film 
adaptations that produce transnational exchanges – from new types of 
transmedia franchising, to the transcultural palimpsest created by 
transational adaptation.  For example, high profile media texts like 
manga (and manhwa), anime and television dramas are increasingly 
becoming sources for franchises that may begin in one country’s media, 
but then swiftly transfer between nations to become vast multimedia 
franchise networks. Moreover, such national, transnational and 
transcultural adaptation practices require us to think about the status 
of key personnel (for example: stars, directors, screenwriters, authors) 
who help to translate and re-imagine texts across the life of a 
franchise.  Adaptation is therefore important for how it enables a 
sharing of concepts, ideas and cultures to take place between Asian 
nations. Japan and South Korea represent two hubs for these emerging 
kinds of transnational, transmedia, transcultural adaptation practices. 
We therefore seek articles on topics directly addressing adaptation in 
South Korea and Japan, and are particularly interested in topics that 
might address the following issues:

    * Multimedia South Korean or Japanese franchises containing films;
    * Film adaptation practices in South Korea and Japan;
    * Transnational film remakes;
    * Industrial analyses of film franchising practices in Japan and 
South Korea;
    * The roles of films within multi-media franchises;
    * The spread of Japanese and South Korean culture across Asia via 
film remakes and franchising practices;
    * Audience responses to South Korean and/or Japanese film 
adaptations and/or remakes;
    * The reception of film adaptations in Japan and/or South Korea;
    * Film remakes of Japanese and/or South Korean films by other nations;
    * The appearance of Japanese and/or South Korean stars in films 
made outside their country of origin.



Please send complete manuscripts of between 6000 and 8000 words to 
(r.denison /at/ uea.ac.uk)




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